Lana Del Rey has responded to the criticism regarding the album cover for her upcoming studio album Chemtrails Over the Country Club and her interview with BBC Radio One. The BBC interview resulted in controversy following Del Rey’s statement regarding Donald Trump’s alleged role in the Capitol riot on January 6.
Del Rey was quoted as saying “You know, he doesn’t know that he’s inciting a riot and I believe that,” before adding that he had “delusions of grandeur.” In her response she criticized Complex directly, after they reported on her interview with the headline “Lana Del Rey Doesn’t Believe Donald Trump Purposely Incited Capitol Riot.” She criticized the publication in two separate tweets.
Del Rey went on to say that her point wasn’t to excuse Trump, but to discuss the larger “issue of sociopathy and narcissism in America,” which she compared to a “second epidemic.” She also stated that Trump’s “lack of empathy” is present throughout the political system.
Some of Del Rey’s other tweets went on to criticize large magazines, who she accused of taking her “well-intentioned and believe it or not liberal comments out of context.” Del Rey also went on to clarify her comments about Trump, stating “Trump is so significantly impaired that he may not know what he was doing due to his significant lack of empathy.” Her most recent tweets state: “A woman still can’t get mad right? Even when a mob mentality tries to *incite.”
Some of the tweets were responses to Complex and the column “Tone Deaf” by The Brag, who critiqued Del Rey’s comments about her album cover. Del Rey fired back with claims that inclusivity wasn’t something she had an issue with and fought against claims that there were only White people on her album covers.
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